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A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty.

Alan Dershowitz

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Alan Dershowitz
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: September 1
Lawyer
Screenwriter
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Brooklyn
New York
Alan M. Dershowitz
Alan Morton Dershowitz
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